Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gene Pitney

I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper, I was a taxidermist.

Gene Tunney

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

John Brady

They are very smart, very tough, good basketball players who know what they are doing. They are a dangerous team in that they can score baskets easily at any given time.

They are very good basketball players. They have a very good basketball IQ. Individually, they are good workers. They know what they want to achieve.

They (Bulldogs) were a very hungry basketball team tonight. Especially in the second half.

They were clearly the better team. They ran the floor well and turnovers hurt us.

They were a lot like we were last year. When you get here for the first time, it's tough. But I want it to be known, that is still a very good basketball team.

Karl Hobbs

They were a better team than us. It was clear to me and I was right there watching it. I thought they had better basketball players. Their experience really showed itself.

Desmond Mason

They went to a zone and we couldn't knock shots down. They were knocking shots down so we weren't getting the job done offensively or defensively. We've been playing better basketball all year. We couldn't even get transition baskets which is something we always do.

They were truly basketball players. They all were dedicated to the game. They put a lot of time and heart and soul into this. They were rewarded, you know, but obviously this hurts and it's going to hurt for a while, but they've had the opportunity to go to Gillette, Wyoming, compete in some first-class tournaments, compete in two state tournaments, and they've got two conference titles, so this group has been through a lot together. They'll be missed.

They were so much better than we were tonight. I can't even tell you how much better they were. All the credit goes to them. They played very well. They dominated that basketball game. They deserved to win that basketball game.

Jack Campbell

They made everything, my goodness. It was a combination of great basketball by them and I'd like to think not too good of a job by us defensively. They had a lot of uncontested shots. Their speed, quickness, size and athleticism are difficult to contend with.

Avery Johnson

They made a run. They're a very good basketball team. The second half, they got it within two, and we just suggested 'stay tough-minded.' And we were able to get somewhat of a cushion.

They hit a couple of baskets and we went into a shell. We didn't have a guy who demands the basketball and that's what hurt us.

Theresa Grentz

They have the talent. They need the direction on where it's going and that's my job to give them that direction. There's a lot of basketball to play and I want them to understand that.

They just played a great basketball game. I feel sorry for them because it was one of those games where you hate that someone has to lose.

They just kick our behinds. They showed us what playoff basketball is about, and it was good for us.

They just don't give you a minute to catch your breath, and we just couldn't handle their pressure all night. They are 24-0 for a reason, but our kids had a great year (19-6) and Wilson basketball is back. We battled hard, but they are just a good team.

They just didn't give up. We're a good basketball team at the right part of the year. We're playing as hard as we have all season. We're playing as well as we have all season. I'm very happy with the effort of our kids.

They let the whole country down. Their egoism was their downfall as this group of outstanding individuals failed to blend into a team and produce the top quality basketball they're capable of. The team chemistry was poor from the start of the preparation period and their long nights out until the early morning hours certainly didn't help.

I'm pretty fundamental when it comes to running. A basketball player doesn't practice his free throw shooting by doing slam dunks all over the place. He does it by practicing free throws. That's the attitude I take: You don't get better at running by doing everything but running. You get better by running.

Chris Rock

If you told me two years I would miss the greatest basketball game ever to hang out with Nathan Lane, I'd say, 'You're crazy!'

Chris Noth

Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.

Chris Matthews

The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we carry in our hearts. When a job opens, whether it's in the chorus line or on the assembly line, it goes to the person standing there. It goes to the eager beaver the boss sees when he looks up from his work: the pint-sized kid standing at the basketball court on the playground waiting for one of the older boys to head home. "Hey, kid, wanna play?"

Gilbert Arenas

My swag was phenomenal.

Gilbert Arenas

You know, that's all basketball is. If someone loves something, and you take it away, it's like what does he do now? What does someone do? That's what happened with me.

Gilbert Arenas

I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.

Gilbert Arenas

Everyone is gonna have a bad day, everyone is gonna have a bad game. The questions are: How do you recover? What builds your character? I decided one day early on in high school that I wanted to be great at basketball, not just a good basketball player.

Herb Kohl

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game

Jennifer Lopez

I'm bad at a ton of things. I'm bad at sitting still. I'm bad at basketball. My worst habit is that while people are talking, I will already be thinking three other things. It's rude. Sometimes if the person is very in tune and they notice, they're like "Where are you right now?"

Jeff Foxworthy

You might be a redneck if... your high school basketball game got rained out.

Jackie Mason

Blacks can get into medical school with a lower grade ... If that's true, a Jew should be able to play basketball with a lower net.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track."